John Perkins' 'The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man' delves into the author's experiences as an economic hitman, pressuring presidents of poor countries into signing exorbitant contracts with major US construction companies, ultimately leading to financial and environmental exploitation. The book explores the aftermath of World War II, detailing how the United States and the Soviet Union emerged as global powers, initiating the Cold War and the birth of economic hitmen. Through specific examples like Ecuador and Panama, Perkins sheds light on the detrimental impact of capitalism and the manipulation of developing nations for economic gain.
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Content warnings include discussion of violence, political assassination, exploitation, and systemic corruption.
From The Publisher:
Former economic hit man John Perkins shares new details about the ways he and others cheated countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars. Then he reveals how the deadly EHM cancer he helped create has spread far more widely and deeply than ever in the US and everywhere else-to become the dominant system of business, government, and society today. Finally, he gives an insider view of what we each can do to change it.
Economic hit men are the shock troops of what Perkins calls the corporatocracy, a vast network of corporations, banks, colluding governments, and the rich and powerful people tied to them. If the EHMs can't maintain the corrupt status quo through nonviolent coercion, the jackal assassins swoop in. The heart of this book is a completely new section, over 100 pages long, that exposes the fact that all the EHM and jackal tools-false economics, false promises, threats, bribes, extortion, debt, deception, coups, assassinations, unbridled military power-are used around the world today exponentially more than during the era Perkins exposed over a decade ago.
As dark as the story gets, this reformed EHM also provides hope. Perkins offers specific actions each of us can take to transform what he calls a failing Death Economy into a Life Economy that provides sustainable abundance for all.
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John Perkins has written nine books that have been on the New York Times bestseller list for more than seventy weeks and translated into over thirty languages.
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